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"And the winner of the Newbery Medal goes to . . . Jack Gantos for DEAD END IN NORVELT . . ."

. . . and the crowd at the ALA Midwinter Conference goes wild. Who does not love a roomful of screaming librarians? Those irrepressible librarians were on hand for the celebration of the annual ALA Media Youth Awards. Your intrepid SYNC reporter joined the awards via webcast…

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

Read by Kate Rudd

YA powerhouse Green tells the story of terminal cancer patient Hazel and what happens when Augustus Waters comes into her life. Funny, heartbreaking, and given a pitch-perfect reading by Kate Rudd.



Keep up with John's great blog here: http://johngreenbooks.com/



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It seems like the whole world's abuzz about the new Hunger Games movie trailer:







Can it possibly be as good as the book? We'll have to wait and see . . . but in the meantime, get the cinematic experience in your ears with the entire audiobook trilogy, read by Carolyn…

Are you there audiobooks that you listen to in the dead of night?  3:00 AM seems to be the witching hour for many.  It is a time too early to rise, but a time with too many worries to fall back asleep.  Many of us thus afflicted ones slip an audio player from under our pillow to pass the hour or to trick us into sleep.…

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Franny Billingsley, read by Susan Duerden

Looking for something a little mysterious and fantastic to put in your earbuds? Seventeen-year-old Briony Larkin believes she’s a witch who has destroyed her twin sister Rose’s mind and killed her stepmother. Narrator Susan Duerden gives a lush performance of Franny Billingsley's atmospheric novel.…

On the YALSA list serve this morning, a librarian was seeking an irresistible read-alike:

"A teacher wants to read a book like LORD OF THE FLIES, but not classic lit...any suggestions would be much appreciated."

Just the question for the Classic/Modern Listen-Alike fangirls at SYNC!  Seeing as it is October 11 and the release date of the…